## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1st September 2022 To 31[st] August 2023 Charity name: Ashbourne Methodist Church** ## **Charity registration number: 1128964** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purposes of the Methodist Church are
and shall be deemed to have been since the
date of union the advancement of:
a) The Christian faith in accordance with the
doctrinal standards and the discipline of
the Methodist Church;
b) Any charitable purpose for the time being
of any Connexional, district, circuit, local
or other organisation of the Methodist
Church
c) Any charitable purpose for the time being
of any society or institution subsidiary or
ancillary to the Methodist Church;
d) Any purpose for the time being of any
charity being a charity subsidiary or
ancillary to theMethodist Church| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The attached reports from our Annual
Church Meeting give a more detailed
description of the activities of Ashbourne
Methodist Church. AMC offers a wide
range of activities for the public benefit.
We believe that the wording used by te
Methodist Church nationally to describe the
Church’s public benefit is entirely
appropriate to our local setting:
Ashbourne Methodist Church exists to:

Increase awareness of God’s presence
and to celebrate God’s love;

Help people learn to grow as Christians,
through mutual support and care

Be a neighbour to people in need and
challenge injustice.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Members of the Church Council of
Ashbourne Methodist Church, as Trustees
of the charity:

Have reviewed the Charity
Commission’s Guidance on public
benefit (PB1, PB2 and PB3).

Have taken the Charity Commission’s
Guidance into account when making a| decision to which the guidance is relevant.  If they have decided to depart from the guidance, have good reasons for doing so. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The vast majority of our activities are run
by volunteers, as can be seen in the
attached reports from our Annual Church
Meeting| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Alongside its regular community activities,
it’s buildings in the ‘Gateway Youth Centre’
provide self catering accommodation for
groups visiting the area.
In 2023 significant planning and work has
been carried out to successfully secure
government levelling up funding to develop
the premises to provide a 7 day a week
Church and Community Hub, “The Link”.
Work will begin in earnest in late 2023 /
2024| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity accounts were in surplus for the
year ending August 2023| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Ashbourne Methodist Church will aim to
hold reserves equal to at least 6 month’s
expenditure and will not expect reserves to
fallbelow3month’s at any time.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£746,378 of the General Funds are
designated to assist with the Ashbourne
Methodist Church
development project“The Link”.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Ashbourne Methodist Church’s main
source of funds are donations from
members, surplus from activities such as
the Cornerstone Coffee Shop and Gateway
Youth Centre and lettings| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Deed of Union (1932) the Methodist**
**Church Act (1976)**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|unincorporated association| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by the Methodist Church
Connexion; are elected annually in
accordance with the constitution and by
ballot of all members of Ashbourne
Methodist Church who are present at the
annual church meeting held in the spring.
Appointed by the Church Council to
represent specific areas of Church life.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Ashbourne Methodist Church is a member
of The Methodist Church, forming part of
Ashbourne Methodist Circuit in the
Nottingham & Derby District| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Ashbourne Methodist Church| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1128964| |Charity’s principal address|Church Street,
Ashbourne
Derbyshire
DE6 1AE| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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3
4
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7
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24|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Rev Nicola Briggs|Minister||Methodist Church Connexion| ||Rachel Murt|Secretary||Church Council| ||Tricia Barclay|Treasurer||Church Council| ||Robert Sales|LeadershipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| ||Helen Barker|LeadershipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| ||Sandra Lewer|LeadershipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| ||Stuart Green|LeadershipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| ||Nigel Glossop|LeadershipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| ||Lorraine Hawkins|LeadershipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| ||Ian Marsh|LeadershipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| ||Richard Barratt|WorshipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| ||James Peers|WorshipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| ||Enid Stubbs|WorshipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| ||Anne Wareing|WorshipSteward||Annual Church Meeting| |||||| ||Val Rutledge|Representative||| ||Arthur Watts|Representative||| ||Tim Dutton|Representative||Annual Church Meeting| ||Steve Haines|Representative||Annual Church Meeting| ||Jacqui Marsh|Representative||Annual Church Meeting| ||Gareth Rutledge|Representative||Annual Church Meeting| ||Carole Thorpe|Representative||Annual Church Meeting| ||Catherine Green|Representative||Annual Church Meeting| ||TonyWalker|Representative||Annual Church Meeting| ||WendyHaslam|Pastoral Secretary||Church Council| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser **
**Name**
**Address**||| |**Accounta**
**nts**|**Coates and Partners**
**Limited**
**Chartered**
**Accountants**|The Old Vicarage
51 St John Street
Ashbourne
Derbyshire
DE6 1GP| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** **Matthew Hackett** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # **THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** **ASHBOURNE** **Church** ## FOR THE YEAR ENDED ## 31 August 2023 |**Circuit**
**ASHBOURNE**|**Circuit no.**|**22/11**| |---|---|---| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**||| |||1128964| If not a registered charity **Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number** (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) ## Minister: ## REV NICOLA BRIGGS ## Church Stewards: |ROBERT SALES|HELEN BARKER| |---|---| |IAN MARSH|LORRAIN HAWKINS| |SANDRA LEWER|STUART GREEN| Treasurer: TRICIA BARCLAY SFA 2023 1 of 5 **Church** ## **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** ## **ASHBOURNE** ||**SECTION A**|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**89,705**
**3,650**
**34,602**
**18,397**
**Totals this**
**year**|**£**
**89,705**
**3,650**
**34,602**
**18,397**
**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered|||89,705||**89,705**||88,100|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income|||3,650||**3,650**||422|| |a4|Lettings|||34,602||**34,602**||12,671|| |a5|Other receipts|||18,397||**18,397**||26,532|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**146,354**||**146,354 **|**(a7)**|**127,725**|| ||||||||||| ||**SECTION B**|||||**63,377**
**9,946**
**12,511**
**24,262**
**12,523**|||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share|||63,377||**63,377**||62,000|| |b3|Donations|||9,946||**9,946**||6,295|| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance|||12,511||**12,511**||24,065|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges,heating& lighting)|||24,262||**24,262**||12,856|| |b6|||||||||| |b7|Otherpayments|||12,523||**12,523**||10,629|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**122,619**||**122,619 **|**(b9)**|**115,845**|| |||||||**23,735**|||| ||**SECTION C**||||||||| |c1|**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**
**(a6-b8)**|||23,735||**23,735**||11,880|| ||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||131,591||**131,591 **|**(c6)**|119,710|| |||||||**155,325**|||| |c3|**(c1+c2)**
**Sub total**|||155,325||**155,325**||**131,590**|| ||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||**(c7)**||| ||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**155,325**||**155,325 **|**(c8)**|**131,590**|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |d|**£**
5,148
5,015
**133**
**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)
Balance brought forward from lastyear
Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations
Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations
**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**
**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**|||**£**
| |d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear|||| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||5,148|928| |d3|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)
Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations||5,015|928| |d4|||**133**|| 2 of 5 SFA 2023 ASHBOURNE **Church** ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** **SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page** Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations. ||**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACC**| |---|---| ||**SECTION E**| ||Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an
Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed
to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A
DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected
District Organisations.| ||**INTERNALORGANISATIONS**| |e1|**Development Project**| |e2|**Flower Fund**| |e3|**Gateway**| |e4|**Youth Club**| |e5|| |e6|| |e7|| |e8|Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds| |e9|**Church accounts (totals**
**brought forward from page 2**
**- totals column)**| |e10|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**
**BY CHURCH**| ||| ## **SECTION F** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2023**
Cash in hand
BankCurrentAccount
Bank DepositAccount
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**
Central FinanceBoard
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)|**OPENING**
**BALANCES**
28,968
102,623
**131,591**
(c6)
**342,882** (e11)
**474,473**
(x)|**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**|| |f1|Cash in hand|||| |f2|BankCurrentAccount||46,507|| |f3|Bank DepositAccount|||| |f4|Central FinanceBoard||108,951|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes|||| |f6|Other funds|||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**||**155,458**|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)||**749,887**|(e12)| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**||**905,345**|(y)| |||||| ||**SECTION G**
**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Other Assets
Land &Buildings (seenotesreInsurancevalue)
Loan(s)-showamount outstanding at yearend
Other Liabilities
Investments (includeEndowments)|At
1 September 2022
950,000
198,000|At
31 August 2023
950,000
198,000|| |g1|Investments (includeEndowments)|||| |g2|Land &Buildings (seenotesreInsurancevalue)|950,000|950,000|| |g3|Other Assets|198,000|198,000|| |g4|Loan(s)-showamount outstanding at yearend|||| |g5|Other Liabilities|||| f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5 3 of 5 SFA 2023 Name of Church ……………………… **Ashbourne Methodist Church** ## **Declarations and Scrutiny** I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer ……………………………………………………… Date…………………….. Name and address of treasurer ………Mrs Tricia Barclay ………………………1 Margery Close, Ashbourne DE6 1GZ ## **Presentation to the Church trustees** I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on …18th October 2023………….. Signature of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………………………………… Name of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………… Date …………………… ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the** ## **………Ashbourne Methodist Church……………..…….** ## **Charity Number 1128964** ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Ashbourne Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on page 10 and Appenix D & E As the Church’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Church’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. * delete or circle as appropriate 4 of 5 SFA 2023 Name of Church ………………………………………………………………………… No … ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below*) which give me cause that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the exam which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding accounts to be reached. I have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees f Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Financ Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at sheet date. Signature of independent examiner ………………………………………………………… Name of independent examiner ……………………………………………………………… Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ……………………………… Name of firm (where appropriate) …………………………………………………………… Address ………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code …… Date ………………………………………… - delete or circle as appropriate SFA 2023 5 of 5 Fonm RÈVIÉ SFA 2023 5015 …………. attention in e to believe or mination to g of the for Methodist ce Board of the the balance ………. …………. ………… ………… ………… ………… SFA 2023 5 of 5 **CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** # **THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS** **ASHBOURNE** **Church** ## FOR THE YEAR ENDED ## 31 August 2023 |**Circuit**
**ASHBOURNE**|**Circuit no.**|**22/11**| |---|---|---| |**Registered Charity - Charity Registration number**||| |||1128964| If not a registered charity **Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number** (The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242) ## Minister: ## REV NICOLA BRIGGS ## Church Stewards: |ROBERT SALES|HELEN BARKER| |---|---| |IAN MARSH|LORRAIN HAWKINS| |SANDRA LEWER|STUART GREEN| Treasurer: TRICIA BARCLAY SFA 2023 1 of 5 **Church** ## **ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023** ## **ASHBOURNE** ||**SECTION A**|||**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**£**
**89,705**
**3,650**
**34,602**
**18,397**
**Totals this**
**year**|**£**
**89,705**
**3,650**
**34,602**
**18,397**
**Totals this**
**year**|**Totals last**
**year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|| |a1|**RECEIPTS**||**Note**||||||| |a2|Offerings and Tax recovered|||89,705||**89,705**||88,100|| |a3|Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income|||3,650||**3,650**||422|| |a4|Lettings|||34,602||**34,602**||12,671|| |a5|Other receipts|||18,397||**18,397**||26,532|| |a6|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|||**146,354**||**146,354 **|**(a7)**|**127,725**|| ||||||||||| ||**SECTION B**|||||**63,377**
**9,946**
**12,511**
**24,262**
**12,523**|||| |b1|**PAYMENTS**||||||||| |b2|Circuit Assessment or Share|||63,377||**63,377**||62,000|| |b3|Donations|||9,946||**9,946**||6,295|| |b4|Repairs and Maintenance|||12,511||**12,511**||24,065|| |b5|Utilities (Insurances, water
charges,heating& lighting)|||24,262||**24,262**||12,856|| |b6|||||||||| |b7|Otherpayments|||12,523||**12,523**||10,629|| |b8|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|||**122,619**||**122,619 **|**(b9)**|**115,845**|| |||||||**23,735**|||| ||**SECTION C**||||||||| |c1|**NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR**
**(a6-b8)**|||23,735||**23,735**||11,880|| ||||||||||| |c2|Total funds brought forward from
last year|||131,591||**131,591 **|**(c6)**|119,710|| |||||||**155,325**|||| |c3|**(c1+c2)**
**Sub total**|||155,325||**155,325**||**131,590**|| ||||||||||| |c4|Transfers and adjustments||||||**(c7)**||| ||||||||||| |c5|**TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR**
**(c3+c4)**|||**155,325**||**155,325 **|**(c8)**|**131,590**|**(c6)**| ||**SECTION D**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |d|**£**
5,148
5,015
**133**
**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)
Balance brought forward from lastyear
Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations
Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations
**(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)**
**FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS**|||**£**
| |d1|Balance brought forward from lastyear|||| |d2|Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations||5,148|928| |d3|**BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID** (d1+d2-d3)
Offerings/Gifts -passed to external organisations||5,015|928| |d4|||**133**|| 2 of 5 SFA 2023 ASHBOURNE **Church** ## **SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL** **SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page** Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations. ||**SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACC**| |---|---| ||**SECTION E**| ||Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an
Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed
to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A
DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected
District Organisations.| ||**INTERNALORGANISATIONS**| |e1|**Development Project**| |e2|**Flower Fund**| |e3|**Gateway**| |e4|**Youth Club**| |e5|| |e6|| |e7|| |e8|Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds| |e9|**Church accounts (totals**
**brought forward from page 2**
**- totals column)**| |e10|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD**
**BY CHURCH**| ||| ## **SECTION F** ## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES** ||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2023**
Cash in hand
BankCurrentAccount
Bank DepositAccount
**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**
**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**
Central FinanceBoard
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)|**OPENING**
**BALANCES**
28,968
102,623
**131,591**
(c6)
**342,882** (e11)
**474,473**
(x)|**CLOSING**
**BALANCES**|| |f1|Cash in hand|||| |f2|BankCurrentAccount||46,507|| |f3|Bank DepositAccount|||| |f4|Central FinanceBoard||108,951|| |f5|Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes|||| |f6|Other funds|||| |f7|**SUB TOTAL - Church accounts**||**155,458**|(c8)| |f8|Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)||**749,887**|(e12)| |f9|**TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH**||**905,345**|(y)| |||||| ||**SECTION G**
**OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES**
Other Assets
Land &Buildings (seenotesreInsurancevalue)
Loan(s)-showamount outstanding at yearend
Other Liabilities
Investments (includeEndowments)|At
1 September 2022
950,000
198,000|At
31 August 2023
950,000
198,000|| |g1|Investments (includeEndowments)|||| |g2|Land &Buildings (seenotesreInsurancevalue)|950,000|950,000|| |g3|Other Assets|198,000|198,000|| |g4|Loan(s)-showamount outstanding at yearend|||| |g5|Other Liabilities|||| f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board f5 Include only Funds held at Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5 3 of 5 SFA 2023 Name of Church ……………………… **Ashbourne Methodist Church** ## **Declarations and Scrutiny** I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2023 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer ……………………………………………………… Date…………………….. Name and address of treasurer ………Mrs Tricia Barclay ………………………1 Margery Close, Ashbourne DE6 1GZ ## **Presentation to the Church trustees** I confirm that the annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2023 were presented to the meeting of the Church trustees held on …18th October 2023………….. Signature of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………………………………… Name of the Chair of the meeting …………………………………………… Date …………………… ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the** ## **………Ashbourne Methodist Church……………..…….** ## **Charity Number 1128964** ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Ashbourne Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2023 set out on page 10 and Appenix D & E As the Church’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Church’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. * delete or circle as appropriate 4 of 5 SFA 2023 Name of Church ………………………………………………………………………… No … ## **Independent Examiner’s Statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below*) which give me cause that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the exam which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding accounts to be reached. I have/have not* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees f Church Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Financ Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) at sheet date. Signature of independent examiner ………………………………………………………… Name of independent examiner ……………………………………………………………… Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ……………………………… Name of firm (where appropriate) …………………………………………………………… Address ………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code …… Date ………………………………………… - delete or circle as appropriate SFA 2023 5 of 5 Fonm RÈVIÉ SFA 2023 5015 …………. attention in e to believe or mination to g of the for Methodist ce Board of the the balance ………. …………. ………… ………… ………… ………… SFA 2023 5 of 5